Poland and Ukraine qualify for play-off final

Poland and Ukraine qualified on Thursday March 21 for the final of the Euro 2024 football play-offs. Beaten by Iceland, Israel was eliminated.

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Ukraine won (2-1) in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Poland largely dominated Estonia at home (5-1), who played with ten men from the 27e minute and the exclusion, after two yellow cards, of Maksim Paskotsi.

Israel, whose match had been relocated to Budapest, lost (1-4). In this match, Gudmundsson scored a hat-trick for Iceland (39e83e87e) and Traustason scored the second goal (42e). It was Zahavi who opened the scoring from the penalty spot (31e) for Israel but missed another in the second half. The Israelis finished at ten following the exclusion of Reviro (73e).

The Euro will be played in Germany from June 14 to July 14

In the final of these play-offs, which will deliver the last qualifiers for the Euro in Germany (June 14 – July 14), Poland will face Wales on Tuesday, victorious over Finland (4-1). The winner of this match will join Group A of the Euro with France, the Netherlands and Austria.

Iceland will face Ukraine, and Georgia will challenge Greece, which played Kazakhstan (5-0) on Thursday.

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The World with AFP

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